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Cory Booker and Bain Capital; Whose capitalism is it anyway? Raising taxes and growth [AM Briefing]

Monday, May 21st, 2012

“The back-and-forth about Bain Capital, Mitt Romney’s old company, is part of something larger. So is the inquest into the implications of multibillion-dollar trading losses at JPMorgan Chase. Capitalism can produce wonders. It is also capable of self-destruction, and it can leave a lot of wounded people behind. The trick is to get the most out of what capitalism does well, while containing or preventing the problems it can cause,” writes Brookings’ E.J. Dionne. (Washington Post)
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How Mitt Romney might outraise Barack Obama

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Political observers have spent the last four years marveling at President Obama’s fundraising might. But now even Democrats are admitting that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney — and his allied party and outside groups — may very well outspend the current occupant of the White House between now and the Nov. 6 election.
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President Obama’s schedule for May 21: NATO summit and a visit to Joplin

Monday, May 21st, 2012

President Obama will wrap up the NATO summit in Chicago on Monday, then head to Joplin, Mo. to speak at a high school commencement as the city prepares to mark the first anniversary of the deadly tornadoes that struck it in 2011.
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Can Obama win Iowa? (Monday’s Trail Mix)

Monday, May 21st, 2012

President Obama this week is holding two events in Iowa — a state that he won four years ago by 10 percentage points, due in large part to the enthusiasm of newly-registered voters.
This time around, can the Obama camp reprise its 2008 success? We take a look at the battle for the Hawkeye State:
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Cory Booker commits the classic Washington gaffe

Monday, May 21st, 2012

In Washington, there’s an old cliche: A gaffe is when a politician is accidentally honest.
That’s what happened to Newark (N.J.) Mayor Cory Booker during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Booker, who is widely regarded as a fast riser in Democratic politics, veered badly off message when he defended Bain Capital — the longtime employer of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney — and described the negative tone of the campaign as “nauseating”.
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